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    Kr
    krypton.
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    KR
    king's rook.
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    kr.
    abbreviation
    kreutzer.
  • Kr.
    Kr.
    abbreviation
    (in Sweden and the Faeroe Islands) krona; kronor.
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    kr
    abbreviation
    Republic of Korea

Kr

1 American  
Symbol, Chemistry.
  1. krypton.


KR 2 American  
Chess.
  1. king's rook.


kr. 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. kreutzer.

  2. krona; kronor.

  3. króna; krónur.

  4. krone; kroner.


Kr. 4 American  

abbreviation

  1. (in Sweden and the Faeroe Islands) krona; kronor.

  2. (in Iceland) króna; krónur.

  3. (in Denmark and Norway) krone; kroner.


Kr 1 British  

symbol

  1. currency

    1. krona

    2. krone

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

symbol

  1. krypton

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
kr. 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. krona

  2. krone

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

KR 3 British  

symbol

  1. king's rook

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

kr 4 British  

abbreviation

  1. Republic of Korea

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The researchers utilised Buckminster fullerenes, which are football-shaped molecules consisting of 60 carbon atoms, to transport individual Kr atoms into nano test tubes.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 22, 2024

Why do the boiling points of the noble gases increase in the order He < Ne < Ar < Kr < Xe?

From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019

After a while, the Kyssen 10 Kr women drifted in.

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 3, 2016

Ryle said the consortium didn't have any members in Iceland but ultimately signed up an independent journalist, Johannes Kr.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2016

But the first letters looked like Kr, and Joseph wondered if this was the same ship that had sunk in the painting downstairs.

From "The Marvels" by Brian Selznick

“Today, the world is moving from a century-old model of centralized power to a new architecture that includes firm, distributed onsite generation. Bloom is leading that transformation,” Chief Executive Officer KR Sridhar said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

It reported sales that topped $1 billion, with CEO and founder KR Sridhar labeling Bloom a “standard for AI onsite power.”

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026

Kroger KR -3.60%decrease; down pointing triangle turned in higher sales and earnings in its fiscal first quarter as fuel revenue rose and its e-commerce business picked up gains.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026

“We at Bloom are ushering in the era of digital power for the digital age. Bloom is rapidly becoming the standard and ‘go-to choice’ for on-site power,” CEO KR Sridhar said in the earnings release.

From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026

Castles KR Castles QR is stronger still, as the QR gets into action at once.

From Chess Strategy by J. Du Mont

In winter the proprietor gives balls in these apartments, charging 20 kr. for each ticket of admission. 

From Visit to Iceland and the Scandinavian North by Ida Pfeiffer

Hungary, 5 kr., numeral on envelope, rose, 1875.

From Peeps at Postage Stamps by Stanley Currie Johnson

About 1600 Gulden of 1551, of 72 kr., set at 94 kr.

From The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 by William Arthur Shaw

In 1787, in the preface to the second edition of the Kr. d. r.

From International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I Philosophy and Metaphysics by Various

The dredgings here yielded to Dr. Kjellman some algæ, and to Dr. Stuxberg masses of a species of cumacea, Diastylis Rathkei Kr., of Acanthostephia Malmgreni Goës, and Liparis gelatinosus Pallas, but little else.

From The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II by Alexander Leslie

The table-d'hôte dinners are excellent, one being at 3 kr.

From The Gourmet's Guide to Europe by Lieut.-Col. (Nathaniel) Newnham-Davis

The imperial proclamations of 20th January and 24th September 1571 were of no avail against this process, and by 1585 the mercantile rate had risen, thus— Philipps thaler = 82 kr.

From The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 by William Arthur Shaw

As the second term is thus finite, this requires that the total potential of each component mr, which is mrdμr/dmr, shall be finite, say kr, in the limit when mr is null.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various

In 1850 the rates were simplified by the introduction of a scale based on three distance zones: not exceeding 15 miles, 4 kr.

From The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study by A. D. Smith

From 1559 the Tale and Standard remained legally unaltered; the only variations being thenceforward in equivalence or tariff, thus— Fair of 1585 Set the Rhenish gold gulden and Philipps thaler at 82 kr.

From The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 by William Arthur Shaw

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